Well, the 400m $ for the Health Sector development in India given by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is not a "bribe" to the local politicians of India as quoted by Robert's local newspaper. That is total "BULLSHIT". These local newspapers and media can goto any length to demean a nation's government or a software giant with "NO PROOF". If any Indian govt. official reads that article, he will sue the local newspaper for "n" million $ to prove the theory. If any person puts his money in a good cause like AIDS control, we should not demean him by referring the aid as a bribe !
I am not a MS pro but I value the huge helping hand anybody gives to address the worrisome issues of mankind on the earth like AIDS, Cancer, education, sanitation, inoculation etc. And Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is doing a good job in this regards. Friends, we should look at good work as good work. Gautam P. --- penelope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I have never been a Bill Gates or M$ devotee, > I do admire > the foundation and the work it does -- which truly > is a > humanitarian effort. They have made great inroads > into inocula- > tion programs for children. They also run the > foundation like a > business -- thereby gutting the bloated > "administrative costs" > that seem to gobble up the lions' share of other > so-called > charities. As a 30-year computer veteran, 22 of 'em > as a UNIX > snob, I indeed regard M$ as the Evil Empire -- but > smart is > smart -- and I admit respect for the Bill and > Melinda Gates > Foundation and its work. > > > penelope S. > > -- Excellence is a journey, not a destination. > > > > > from my local paper, bill gates throws $400 > million at india, > > some of it ostensibly for "charitable" works. uh > huh. > > > > > www.therecord.com/business/technology/z111219A.html > > > > you have to love the idea of the "bill and melinda > gates > > foundation" -- the perfect vehicle for legal > bribery. > > honestly, i can just see the top-secret microsoft > board > > meeting now ... > > > > "OK, guys, you know that we've been controlling > all > > these foreign markets basically by buying off > those > > cheap, local politicians. But, man, with this > antitrust > > nightmare, and all those yahoo open-source > fanatics > > jumping up and down, we have *got* to be more > careful. > > I mean, if it comes out that we're just bribing > these > > guys, the sh*t is seriously going to hit the fan. > > We need another approach. Well?" > > > > "Um, how about, lessee, we can still bribe them, > we > > just don't call it a bribe. We call it ... uh, > charity. > > Yeah, that's it. Charity. Money for ... what's > that big > > word everybody likes to use ... 'humanitarian' > purposes. > > Yeah, that's it." > > > > "We start a charitable foundation. But, Bill, > we can't > > just put your name on it. I mean, come on, > nobody's gonna > > buy that the world's most predatory, convicted > monopolist > > suddenly grew a conscience or anything, know what > I mean?" > > > > "So ... yeah, that's it, we put your wife's name > on it, > > too. Gives it that nice, motherly touch. I mean, > you > > have to be pretty callous to criticize moms, > right?" > > > > "And we need a good cause. Big time good cause. > > Save the whales? Nah, who gives a crap about the > whales? > > Whoa, brainstorm! AIDS. Does it get any better > than AIDS? > > I mean, there's even *kids* with AIDS. It's > perfect. Can > > you *imagine* anyone trying to pick a fight with > you over > > AIDS? This is perfect! We start this foundation, > and > > we can plow millions, I mean *millions* into these > other > > countries, call it ... whatever ... humanitarian > support > > for AIDS. We look like heroes, Bill ... I mean, > freakin' > > heroes! And once we get the cash to those guys, > well, > > who's to say where it really ends up? Know what I > mean? > > Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Know what I mean?" > > > > "And ... oh, man, here's the best part ... it's > *tax > > deductible*! Can you believe this?? We're gonna > bribe > > foreign officials, and we're gonna get a tax > writeoff > > for doing it!" > > > > "Is this a great country or what?" > > > > rday > > > > p.s. yes, i really do have better things i could > be > > doing right now. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
